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The federal government's plans to make its controversial cashless welfare card a permanent fixture in parts of the country have been ditched, after the coalition failed to win enough support in the Senate. The card's been trialed in four locations, quarantining 80 per cent of welfare payments onto a debit card so the money cannot be used on things like alcohol or gambling. An amended bill extending the trial by another two years passed by one vote.

A teenager from regional New South Wales has been formally charged with terrorism offences overnight. The 18-year-old will appear at Albury local court this morning, charged with two offences; urging violence against members or groups and advocating terrorism. Police arrested him after he allegedly made comments online suggesting he was willing to be involved in a "mass casualty event".

Federal and state regulators in the United States have sued Facebook, accusing the social media giant of abusing its dominance to crush smaller competitors. Anti-trust officials are calling for Facebook to be broken up, demanding it sell off Instagram and WhatsApp, which have billions of users.

And a trial using artificial intelligence is achieving astounding results in detecting skin cancer in north Queensland. The automatic diagnosis system has picked up melanomas much smaller than doctors could be expected to detect. Other trials are likely to rollout to other parts of Australia next year.

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联邦政府将其备受争议的无现金福利卡作为永久性措施的计划已被放弃,原因是联合政府未能在参议院赢得足够支持。这种卡在四个地方进行试点,将80%的福利金隔离到借记卡上,这样一样资金就不能用于饮酒或赌博等活动。将试点期限延长两年的修正案以一票之差获得通过。

夜间,一名来自新南威尔士地区的青少年被正式指控犯有恐怖主义罪行。这名18岁的年轻人将于今早在阿尔伯里地方法院出庭受审,他被控两项罪名:教唆对成员或团体施暴和鼓吹恐怖主义。据称他曾在网上发表言论,暗示自已愿意参与“大规模伤亡事件”,他因此被警方逮捕。

美国联邦监管机构和州监管机构起诉脸谱网,指控这家社交媒体巨头滥用其主导地位,打压规模较小的竞争对手。反垄断官员呼吁拆分脸谱网,要求其出售拥有数十亿用户的Instagram和WhatsApp。

在昆士兰州北部,一项使用人工智能的试验在检测皮肤癌方面取得了惊人成果。自动诊断系统检测到的黑色素瘤比医生预期的要小得多。其他试验可能会于明年在澳大利亚其他地方进行。

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